Monitor Monitoring InventoryThe monitoring projects in the following inventory take place in or around the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary. Projects are conducted by either Sanctuary staff or by our partners. Summary information is presented for each. Use the "Click to for More Details" option to expand the information displayed.

Monitoring and characterization of Battle of the Atlantic shipwrecks off the coast of North
Carolina. Site surveys and corrosion studies are conducted to assess degradation to wreck sites due to
environmental and human factors and to evaluate site significance.

Maritime Heritage Program, NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, the Bureau
of Ocean Energy Management, the National Park Service, East Carolina University, the University of North Carolina Coastal Studies Institute, the state of North Carolina, the Cooperative Institute for Ocean
Exploration, Research, and Technology, Advanced Underwater Surveys LLC

Keyword(s)

shipwrecks, maritime heritage, World War II, North Carolina

Biological Assessments of North Carolina Shipwrecks

Lead

Monitor National Marine Sanctuary

Objective

Collect baseline data on the biological communities found on and around shipwrecks off
the coast of North Carolina. The surveys will be used to monitor changes in the communities over time,
study the shipwreck sites as artificial habitat, and compare this habitat to the natural hard bottom habitats
found off the coast of North Carolina.